Back to 1997, I became the originator of online literature

Chapter 181 shocked all the audience and had the opposite effect?
That night, it was not only Xiao Cui who invited Cao Sheng to eat mutton hotpot. The program director, assistant director, hosts of two other programs, and so on, a total of seven or eight people came.

These people seemed to be very curious about Cao Sheng, the young writer. Some of them had read his books and wanted to talk to him about the contents of the books.

Some are simply curious about him.

Some were invited by Xiao Cui to accompany the guests.

The hotpot meal took more than two hours.

When the show was about to end, Cao Sheng asked the program director what specific day and time his episode of "Telling the Truth" would be broadcast.

After finding out the broadcast time, he returned to the hotel and used his laptop to post a single chapter on "God's Tomb", "I Want to Become an Immortal" and "Living with the Air Hostess" respectively, telling everyone that he was on the show and hoping that everyone would be able to watch it when the time comes.

He hopes that the advice he gives to everyone can be seen by as many book fans as possible.

As for non-book fans?
They are not fans of the books. Even if they entered the online literature industry, it was not Cao Sheng who led them into this business. They are not fans of his books. What responsibility does he need to take?
The single chapter has been sent out.

The book fans were very considerate. Cao Sheng refreshed the webpage several times and saw that everyone in the book review section said they would watch the program on time.

He is not worried that his reminder will lead to too few authors writing online articles in this time and space, and thus prevent the development of the industry.

In this era of entertainment scarcity, online literature is the cheapest entertainment that many people can access and its appeal is too strong.

Unless the first online novel you try is incredibly bad, basically everyone who reads it will be addicted.

As more and more readers join the plot, some of them will inevitably gradually and automatically transform into online writers.

This is how most online writers take this path.

After resting for a night in the hotel, Cao Sheng flew back to Huizhou the next day.

a few days later.

The episode of "Telling the Truth" with Cao Sheng as the guest was broadcast on CCTV as scheduled.

The show already had high ratings, and with the single-chapter trailer he posted, many people watched it when this episode was aired.

San Shao, who has been trying to write online articles for a while, sat in front of the TV and watched Cao Sheng on TV giving humorous answers to Xiao Cui's questions, which made the audience laugh from time to time. San Shao's eyes were full of envy.

When Xiao Cui on TV curiously asked Cao Sheng how much he earned in a year for his articles, the Third Young Master pricked up his ears.

On TV, Cao Sheng smiled and asked, "Which year are you asking about?"

The audience burst into laughter.

Xiao Cui also laughed, and then he asked curiously: "Is there a big difference in your income in the past two years? Then how much did you earn in the first year you entered the industry?"

Cao Sheng smiled, "I earned the least that year, only a few hundred thousand! I don't know the exact number, because I spent as I earned, but I didn't calculate it carefully, probably three or five hundred thousand!"

The audience burst into wows.

Many people were surprised.

Xiao Cui was also surprised.

The Third Young Master and countless viewers in front of the TV were also surprised.

He made three or five hundred thousand in the first year of writing novels? Even so, Cao Sheng seemed to think that it was not enough?
What age is this?
Many book fans remember that Cao Sheng published his first novel "The Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" in early 1998, and soon after that he published "I Want to Become an Immortal" in Taiwan.

It was 1998! When the harvest season came, many families in the countryside did not have enough food to eat. They had to add yams and wild vegetables to their porridge to make it through until the harvest season.

In this day and age, how could he earn so much in his first year of writing novels?

Xiao Cui was surprised and asked, "How about your royalties this year? It's almost November now, how much have you earned so far?"

Cao Sheng smiled and asked again: "Does the royalty you asked about include the film and television adaptation rights and script fees?"

This time the audience couldn't laugh anymore.

Because they were all shocked by the three or five hundred thousand that Cao Sheng had just said. Now looking at Cao Sheng's smiling face, they felt that there was a lot of money behind this smile.

Moreover, most of these viewers are aware of the previous news report that the film and television adaptation rights of "Living with the Air Hostess" were sold for one million.

With such a high income, how many people can still laugh?
The third young master in front of the TV also knew that the script written by Cao Sheng also sold for 500,000.

That’s one million and five hundred thousand!

In the original time and space, the year when Xuehong’s royalties first exceeded one million yuan in annual income was 04.

When the news came out, countless authors were shocked.

What’s more, it’s 1999 now?
Xiao Cui smiled, looked at the lens, and said, "Count them all! How many are there if you count them all?"

Cao Sheng raised his right hand, scratched his temple with one finger, frowned and said, "I am not very sensitive to numbers. Although I like to look at the income from royalties, I rarely calculate how much I have earned in total, so I can only give a rough estimate! Many news reports have reported that the film and television adaptation rights were sold for one million, and the script was sold for half a million. This year's actual royalties... are about 100,000 per month! It's not fixed, because I'm signing profit-sharing contracts now, and the monthly royalties are calculated based on the sales of the previous month's works. So, from this year to now, all the income added up is about 2.5 million! Haha, it's actually an idiot?"

He joked about being an idiot on TV, but no one in front of the TV could laugh.

Even Cui Yongyuan on TV wouldn't be able to smile at this moment if he didn't have a naturally upturned mouth corner.

Looking at Cao Sheng's gentle smile, Xiao Cui lowered his head and pursed his lips, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Hey! If I quit my job now and learn to write novels from you, would you be willing to accept me as your apprentice? Do you think I have the talent?"

...In front of the TV, the third young master sighed in disappointment.

Because Xiao Cui's question was also what he wanted to ask.

He has been trying to write online articles for a while and submitted them to several publishing houses in Taiwan, but none of them passed the review of a single publishing house.

He originally wanted to publish it first and then post it online.

Seeing that no publishing house was willing to publish his works, he recently tried to send them to Under the Banyan Tree, but not many people read them.

This made him feel very frustrated.

The show on TV continues.

When the program was about to end, Cao Sheng sincerely reminded the book fans in front of the TV - they should be cautious when entering the industry, and if there are better options, he does not recommend that everyone follow his example and write online articles.

The third young master in front of the TV looked a little shaken.

When Cao Sheng said that writing novels might result in losing the right to choose a spouse, the hesitation on the Third Master's face became more obvious.

at the same time.

Book fans across the country had different reactions.

Some people, like the Third Young Master, had slightly changed expressions and frowned.

Someone chuckled and said to himself: "The right to choose a spouse? Do I have it? How can I lose something I didn't have in the first place?"

Some people even sneered, "He is afraid that if we write novels, we will steal his readers, right? I used to like his novels, but I didn't expect him to be such a bad person. He makes two or three million a year, but he advises us not to get into the industry? Tsk..."

Some viewers who have not seen Cao Sheng's works also had different reactions.

Some parents frowned and nodded slightly, agreeing with Cao Sheng's statement, and warned their children not to write novels easily.

Some parents turned to look at their own children and said, "Girl! Did you hear that? When you find a partner in the future, don't look for someone who writes novels, especially those who don't make much money from writing novels! Going hungry for nine meals in three days is like going hungry for nine meals in three days! How many meals can you go hungry for?"

Unexpectedly, the girl looked at Cao Sheng on TV and said without blinking: "If it's him, I'm willing to earn money to support him! If it really doesn't work, don't we still have you and my mother?"

Parent: “???”

Some young people watched Cao Sheng on TV and muttered to themselves, "It's not even the end of the year yet, and he's already made 2.5 million? I want to be like him!"

……

Magic City.

Before they knew it, more than a dozen students had gathered in front of the counter of a canteen at Fudan University, all looking up at Cao Sheng on TV.

As they watched, they whispered to each other.

Some people said: "It's outrageous that a college student can earn so much by writing novels!"

Some people said: "This guy looks like this, and it's too fake to say that he will lose the right to choose a mate, right?"

Someone else said: "He may have good intentions when he said these things to his fans on the show, but I don't think his fans can listen to him."

Outside the crowd, Qian Zhenyu stared blankly at Cao Sheng, a handsome man with gentle eyes, on TV. Thinking of the email she had sent him, which had been several days but he had not replied yet, she felt a little unhappy.

Especially after hearing him say on the show that he had earned nearly two and a half million this year, she couldn't help but wonder: Is it because he has become rich that he no longer looks down on me?

……

In Cao Sheng’s hometown village.

The originally quiet village quickly became lively as a woman suddenly rushed out of the house and screamed.

Because after the woman suddenly rushed out of the house, she shouted to the seven or eight villagers who were chatting together not far away: "It's terrible! Something big has happened! It's really a big thing! Xiaosheng!! That's the Xiaosheng from our village! He just said on TV that he made more than 2.5 million this year! This doesn't include what he made last year! I said he was still in college, how could his family have money to build a house! It turns out that this Onni made so much money when he was in college!!"

Onni is the local name for boys.

If it is a little boy of a few years old, he is called "Little Onnie".

Several villagers who were chatting were shocked. After a moment of silence, they rushed over to ask for details.

After a while, they called their friends and rushed to Cao Sheng's house. Along the way, more and more villagers who heard the news gathered. When they arrived at the door of Cao Sheng's house, there were already a large group of people, including the elderly, children, and women, at least sixty or seventy people.

Almost the whole village was alarmed.

Some people with loud voices shouted congratulations across the gate.

More people gathered nearby, exchanging information in groups of three or four.

The man said, "I've heard that Onni made a lot of money writing novels, but I didn't expect him to make so much!"

The man said, "Is this the smoke coming out of the ancestral tomb? By the way, where is his ancestral tomb? Why is the feng shui so good?"

Another person said: "It's really strange! This couple can actually give birth to such an auntie. Is this the God of Literature from heaven who has come down to earth?"

(End of this chapter)